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India / Mumbai style
rotating round rules
Cross-comparison
corroborated — two or more independent sources agree on the facts that define this variant
| Source | Tiles | Hand | Flowers | Scoring | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1] | 144 | 13, out on 14 | melded instantly when received | count points for pungs/kongs etc., then double | all players earn points |
- [1] each round uses different rules: one permits chicken hands, another requires special hands, another is a goulash requiring all pungs in one suit, the fourth is dealer's choice with wild tiles; in some rounds a player can buy a discard. Sloper corrected his own earlier assumption that this was the same as British/Western after visiting Mumbai in March 2009
Reading it
The rotating round rules that distinguish this node are confirmed in detail, each round with different conditions. Notably the author records correcting his own earlier assumption that it was the same as British Western, after visiting Mumbai in 2009, which is a documented revision rather than an assertion.
Sources
Sloper, Tom. "FAQ 2b: Identifying a Mah-Jongg Variant." Sloperama. canonical checked 2026-09-18
Tile counts, hand sizes, flower handling and scoring for roughly 50 named variants. Primary source for most leaf nodes in this chart.
https://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq/mjfaq02b.html
Also cited on: Chinese archaic, Chinese pre-classical, Chinese classical, Shanghai / Hong Kong new style, Hong Kong old style, Modern HKOS and 43 more · bibliography #1